a new breakthrough can reveal the entire genetic blueprint of a baby still in its mother s womb, detecting thousands of diseases, but at what cost? i m wolf blitzer in chicago. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com bill clinton can certainly work wondzers out there on the campaign trail, but he can also work himself into trouble from time to time. first, he praised what he called the so-called sterling that s a quote, sterling business record of mitt romney right here on cnn. then he contradicted president obama seemingly by suggesting that the bush tax cuts should be extended even for the wealthiest americans. i just sat down with the former president here in chicago at the clinton global initiative, and i asked him about that. what i was saying yesterday, which is apparently not accurate, is that if this fiscal cliff comes to the president and the congress and the country before the election, he can t afford to give up his position and he
i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com wisconsin residents are voting right now on an extraordinary move to recall the governor scott walker and replace him with tom barrett. this election might be a sneak preview of the november press connection. the effort to get rid of walker was sparked by his move to get rid of collective bargaining rights for public employees. the state is split down the middle, the nasty battle against the tea party movement that has made vast amounts of money. dana bash reports. reporter: at a labor headquarters in madison, a frenzied final push to get out the vote. checking and re-checking lists, last-minute phone calls upon. the climax of a lengthy union effort of the republican governor scott walker. this is about mobilizing our people and the base and connecting with our voters. reporter: it s a similar scene in a walker war room. gop officials claim to have made 4 million calls and all of thi
administration officials supposedly stood chest to chest like a schoolyard fight. a new book tells of tensions in a white caught up in a war against terrorism. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. early hours away from a critical vote in wisconsin, an extraordinary i attempt to develop scott walker. the recall was stripping most public unions of collective bargaining rights. this war for wisconsin pits unions against tea party loyalists and it s attracted millions of and millions of dollars in outside money. it s also seen as a dress rehearsal for the presidential vote. let s go to the scene. madison s ted rollins is at the scene. reporter: you can a lot of an tigs pace when the vote takes place. voters have been inundated months, 16 months of eeds and money being spent in their states and the core of this is about unions. we talked to two teachers who are on opposite sides of this vicious battle. michelle and john are teachers in madison. craig is a teac
her way to a degree. that s why anybody who feels sorry for pat will find themselves on the receiving end of the receiving glare where she might punch you. she s still getting up every day and doing what she does best which is teaching. the players, she says, are my best medicine. our final honoree is not here. shimon peres, the president of israel, who has done more for the cause of peace in the middle east than just about anybody alive. i ll be hosting president peres for a dinner here at the white house next month and we ll be presenting him with his medal and honoring his incredible contributions to the state of israel and the world at that time. i m looking forward to welcoming him and i ll save my best lines for him for that occasion. so these are the recipients of the 2012 medals of freedom, and just on a personal note, i had a chance to see everybody in the back. what s wonderful about these events for me is so many of these people are my heroes individually. you know
police suspect her husband, a prominent scientist and he says he was out of town at the time and she doesn t remember. we re digging deeper. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com mitt romney s latest campaign ads are full of pledges about what he d do on day one of his presidency, but our reality check shows he d have to wake up extra, extra early on january 20th to start on that to-do list. it s a long list. our national political correspondent jim acosta is joining us. here s the question, jim. can mitt romney really do all he says he would do on day one? reporter: that certainly is the question, wolf. according to his new ads, mitt romney will be a busy man in his first full day in the white house and he will need all 24 hours to get through all of his day one promises. what would a romney presidency be like? reporter: in his latest tv ad mitt romney lays out an ambitious agenda, he demands they play by the rules. r